More Snakes and Ladders
We’ve received lots of helpful feedback from the post dated 4 March 2009 – Snakes and Ladders in South Lanarkshire - here are some more eye opening facts and figures.
The following council jobs are done mainly by women:
Cleaner (MW 1)
Catering Assistant (MW 2)
Escort (MW 3)
Day Care Assistant (MW 3)
These jobs were all placed on Manual Worker grades 1 - 3 by the old job evaluation (JE) scheme that existed prior to South Lanarkshire’s ‘in-house’ Single Status exercise, which is unlike any other council in Scotland.
Here are some well-known male jobs that were also graded at MW 1-3 under the old JE scheme.
Car Park Attendant (MW 1)
Road Sweeper (MW 1)
Refuse Collector (MW 2)
Gardener (MW 3)
Gravedigger (MW 3)
Road Worker (MW 3)
But let’s see how these different jobs fared under South Lanarkshire’s in-house pay and grading scheme (all pay rates are shown at 2007/08 rates):
Female dominated jobs
Cleaner (SCP 1 = £5.81 per hour)
Catering Assistant (SCP 5-8 = £6.17 to £6.45 per hour)
Escort (SCP 1-8 = £5.81 to £6.45 per hour)
Day Care Assistant (SCP 4-10 = £6.08 to £6.85 per hour)
Male Dominated jobs
Car Park Attendant (SCP 1-19 = £5.81 to £7.60 per hour)
Road Sweeper (SCP 1-16 = £5.81 to £7.27 per hour)
Refuse Collector (SCP 1-16 = £5.81 to £7.27 per hour)
Gardener (SCP 18-25 = £7.48 to £8.31 per hour)
Gravedigger (SCP 25-28 = £8.31 to £8.69 per hour)
Road Worker (SCP 1-31 = £5.81 to £9.09 per hour)
What’s obvious to anyone prepared to look at the facts – is that male workers in South Lanarkshire have done extraordinarily well out of the council’s in-house 555 grading scheme.
So well – in fact – that the female employees’ who prior to Single Status were on the same range of Manual Worker grades (MW 1– 3) have been left far behind.
The highest rate for an MW 3 female job is now £6.85 per hour – while an MW 1 male job earns £9.09 an hour.
And - to add insult to injury - many of the women’s jobs are not paid at the top of their scale – so the pay gap in many cases is even greater than it first appears.
The difference between bottom and top – is an eye watering £3.28 an hour!
Women workers in South Lanarkshire are entitled to be extremely angry at the lack of answers from the council – and the inability of senior officials to explain the big differences in pay between male and female jobs.
More to follow – watch this space.
The following council jobs are done mainly by women:
Cleaner (MW 1)
Catering Assistant (MW 2)
Escort (MW 3)
Day Care Assistant (MW 3)
These jobs were all placed on Manual Worker grades 1 - 3 by the old job evaluation (JE) scheme that existed prior to South Lanarkshire’s ‘in-house’ Single Status exercise, which is unlike any other council in Scotland.
Here are some well-known male jobs that were also graded at MW 1-3 under the old JE scheme.
Car Park Attendant (MW 1)
Road Sweeper (MW 1)
Refuse Collector (MW 2)
Gardener (MW 3)
Gravedigger (MW 3)
Road Worker (MW 3)
But let’s see how these different jobs fared under South Lanarkshire’s in-house pay and grading scheme (all pay rates are shown at 2007/08 rates):
Female dominated jobs
Cleaner (SCP 1 = £5.81 per hour)
Catering Assistant (SCP 5-8 = £6.17 to £6.45 per hour)
Escort (SCP 1-8 = £5.81 to £6.45 per hour)
Day Care Assistant (SCP 4-10 = £6.08 to £6.85 per hour)
Male Dominated jobs
Car Park Attendant (SCP 1-19 = £5.81 to £7.60 per hour)
Road Sweeper (SCP 1-16 = £5.81 to £7.27 per hour)
Refuse Collector (SCP 1-16 = £5.81 to £7.27 per hour)
Gardener (SCP 18-25 = £7.48 to £8.31 per hour)
Gravedigger (SCP 25-28 = £8.31 to £8.69 per hour)
Road Worker (SCP 1-31 = £5.81 to £9.09 per hour)
What’s obvious to anyone prepared to look at the facts – is that male workers in South Lanarkshire have done extraordinarily well out of the council’s in-house 555 grading scheme.
So well – in fact – that the female employees’ who prior to Single Status were on the same range of Manual Worker grades (MW 1– 3) have been left far behind.
The highest rate for an MW 3 female job is now £6.85 per hour – while an MW 1 male job earns £9.09 an hour.
And - to add insult to injury - many of the women’s jobs are not paid at the top of their scale – so the pay gap in many cases is even greater than it first appears.
The difference between bottom and top – is an eye watering £3.28 an hour!
Women workers in South Lanarkshire are entitled to be extremely angry at the lack of answers from the council – and the inability of senior officials to explain the big differences in pay between male and female jobs.
More to follow – watch this space.
